CIC publish report “Growth through BIM” authored by Richard G Saxon CBE

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has today published “Growth through BIM” by Richard G Saxon CBE. Richard Saxon is the UK Government’s BIM Ambassador for Growth. In July 2012 he was commissioned by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) through the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to produce a report to help maximise the growth effect of the Government strategy for BIM at home and in export markets.

The report examines the scale and shape of the market in the UK and worldwide; the basis for BIM-driven growth; the outlook for BIM development to 2020; impacts on the members of the value chain; and the strategy for growth through BIM.

Saxon looks at the expanding markets (mostly in the developing world) and the countries where the demand growth will come from; the key players in terms of BIM enabled skills; and the anticipated monetary values of this growth to 2020. His findings include:

• BIM’s future is now significantly in the UK’s hands: – the USA dominates the vendor and user markets but the intellectual horsepower and momentum behind BIM is now British and the UK’s Level 2 BIM Policy, Soft Landings and Digital Built Britain concepts and Open Data approach are world leading.
• BIM provides an opportunity for the UK to lead current EU construction policy development.
• BIM will be a route to growth from projects in developing countries, which need to import design and construction services
• BIM is seen as part of the conversion to a SMART economy where data is collected and used to optimise performance and economy.
• BIM adoption throughout project cycles from inception to occupancy represents a significant opportunity for economic growth, through the removal of risk and time, and therefore cost, and the enhancement of service provided.
• BIM will also enable returning demand after the recession to be met with less inflationary pressure.

The report can be access in full via the CIC website.